Which means values in data will not be computably comparable, e.g. graphing over time of severity of symptoms of chronic arthritis would no longer work (well, it might work by accident, but it would not be reliable). If it had to be unconstrained I’d say you should require a numerator and a denominator, i.e. a ratio. Then you can compare severities across Observations…
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